ann m

Seriously?

'Cos it's not Nirvana to everyone

andy722

The Metropolitan Police have been welcoming people back over the last few weeks, I haven't heard what payscale they were offering though, but you would have join the new pension scheme. The 35 years one.

rae

i have a friend who would be very interested to hear who exactly this was, where they have come from, and where they have gone to, as he has it in writing from the top bods at ACPO and the Met that persons currently residing abroad, whether they are ex police or not, ex uk residents or not, will not be accepted, no exceptions. to the degree that ACPO apparently will place monetary fines on forces breaching the 'guidelines'.
i think you will find these are officers on career breaks, its treated differently, if you have resigned then you are done as far as i can see. obviously best of luck if you have got away with working for another force elsewhere while on a career break, but i'm sure even the wooden tops in the met could check this out if they really wanted to.

rae

family.
friends.
certain aspects of UK life absent here.
schooling, never thought i would say this, but its not all its cracked up to be here as we are seeing as time goes on.
no career anymore.
cold.
more cold.
snow and ice for 9mths of the year.
canadians.
no culture.
tv.
radio.
loss of personal identity.
fears of retirement.
food.
no ability to travel outside of USA.
language barrier.
racism.
bigotry, stereotyping and ignorance on anything other than hockey and canadian film stars.


i could go on.

snoopdog

Does this apply to Scottish forces?? i.e ACPOS...I seriously hope not. You hit the nail on the head raemondo with reasons to go home...it's not a good feeling if indeed the escape plan of returning home (if required) is no longer an option.

rae

quite, i think no longer having the option is slightly worse than the feeling of oh well thats it then.
i have no idea if it applies to the sweaties though sorry.

Pompeyboy

I hear you mate. Everything you said and more!

Pompeyboy

Rae, when you get a chance give me a call 240-6914

Pompeyboy

Good luck fellow Pompey bloke.

snoopdog

Ha!ha! If it doesn't apply i'll be sure to keep up the scots/english relations by emailing you upon my arrival home with a nice cold pint of lager in my grasp!

Stick in...I feel your pain

rae

don't, what i would do for a pint of freezing cold kronenburg, but i have found a chippy that serves draft boddies if you sit in if you can believe it, not a bad pint either.

commando 131 Sqn

Hi everyone, first time on this site so any replies to my message would be greatly appreciated.

I am a British Police Officer in the Humberside Police Armed Response Unit with 14 years service. I am looking at travelling to Calgary sometime between Friday 22nd May and Tuesday 9th June to complete testing week with the view to joining the Calgary Police Service. Flights times/dates not confirmed as of yet. (APCAT/ACT Sat 30th May - Interview Tues 2nd June - Pare Wed 3rd June - Psychological test Thur 4th June - Polygraph Fri 5th June.)

Although married with a 4 year old son, I will be travelling alone on this occasion. Could anyone give me some advice on cheap flights/accomodation ie-: B&B, Hotel and car rental etc. I'm not to fussy on accomodation because I only need a roof over my head as I will be out mostly researching the place, so cheap and ceerful would be good.
Or, if anyone would like to put up a nice, clean and very tidy guest for a short period whilst I'm visiting that would be great, and I promise to bring you something in my suitcase from home you may be missing - Well, if you don't ask !!!

Also, if anyone can give me any advice on the tests or web sites to check out in order to practice tests etc, this again would be helpful.

I eagerly await your replies - Cheers Dean

teenwolfofqmrc

if you speak to your line manager they can put you in contact with b and b's and also with police officers who lt out their basements/spare rooms

teenwolfofqmrc

ba and thomas cook fly direct from london, not sure about humberside
when at calgary you can get the tram straight into downtown for 2.50 c-dollars or a cab for approx 20.
use budget for car hire, right next to the downtown pol stat. and they offer discounts if you book via your line manager
def go to banff, it will make your mind up for you. if you do stay there try and stay at a place downtown or on the tram route, will make commuting really easy.

test are not hard, just purchase the canadian police recruitment booklet with example questions for alberta. Pare test is again not hard if you have a general standard level of fitness, remember though that Calgary is approx 1000ft above sea level so try to go to the gym a couple of times and do pulse training to acclimatise (short quick bursts on the rowing machine and running machine should do) also technique is important, i saw a guy do the test and he seemed to pass all but because he did not pull the weight over the mark he failed, the instructors talk you through the test so just listen and do as they say. Get a good sleep before polygraph and make sure you have got all things out in the open before hand regardless how minor, because they will ask.

Riaan

The altitude of Calgary airport is 1139 metres or 3740 feet above sea level!